Multiple high-pressure metamorphic events and crustal telescoping in the nw highlands of scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-468

  Storey, C D ^a,b   Brewer, T S ^b   Anczkiewicz, R ^c   Parrish, R R ^b,d   Thirlwall, M F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ECLOGITE; GNEISS; GRANULITE; INLIER; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC;

HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951905239     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-024     Document Type: Article

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